Meaning of kumst | Babel Free

Definitions

An opaque dull yellow-green variety of amber

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Examples

“Yellow and brownish-yellow bastard amber is described as kumst-coloured, from the East Prussian name "Kumst" for cabbage”

“Baltic carving constructed of "fatty turbid" amber was Kumst, which in German means cabbage or sauerkraut. The Polish amber industry today uses the term cabbage-leaf”

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